Wednesday, 27 September 2017

Snack time with #ChileanEasyPeelers

At this time
of year we are blessed with an abundance of fruit from our allotment.
The branches on our pear tree are bending with the weight of the
fruit on them. The autumn raspberries can't be picked quick enough.
However one thing we can't grow at the allotment is citrus fruit. I
believe in eating a colourful array of foods to maximise all the
vitamins, minerals and antioxidants available.

Chilean easy
peelers are available right now through to November making them a
great autumnal snack. They are packed with goodness to help young
bodies grow and thrive such as fibre, folate, vitamin C, potassium,
calcium and magnesium.

I haven't
bought oranges for pure eating purposes for many years now. I find
them far too messy and hard work when it comes to peeling them. If I
do buy them now it is for using in baking or for juicing. For a
zingy, citrus hit then small Chilean easy peelers are perfect for a
quick snack or adding to a lunch.

Keeping
hydrated through the day can be tough. Quite rightly the only drinks
that the kids are able to take to school for drinking throughout the
day is water. I know myself this gets a bit monotonous but with the
easy peelers containing around 87 per cent water they act as a great
little thirst quencher.

The lack of
pips is very important to me. I don't like the mess of trying to get
pips out of a segment. It means that I can give them to the kids
without the fear of the whole segment being spat back out or even
worse choking on the pips. Master JibberJabber commented how much he
liked them because they had no pips!

Even little
hands can break into an easy peeler. This encourages the actual
consumption of the fruit as anything too fiddly will still be in the
lunch box at the end of the day! If you need to peel the fruit
yourself before putting into the lunch box then the morning rush will
be made easier. Chilean easy peelers are good news all round!

This is an
entry for the BritMums #ChileanEasyPeelers Challenge, sponsored by
Chilean Citrus Committee.

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